Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener
Looking for an all natural and economical sugar-free sweetener that actually tastes good? You need to try my natural sweetener blend! I’ve found that by using a combination of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia I can save money while enjoying a low carb sweetener that tastes just like sugar.
Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener Blend – Xylitol, Erythritol, & Stevia – Low Carb, Keto, Trim Healthy Mama, Diabetic Friendly, Sugar Free
When I started the Trim Healthy Mama diet I was leery about all the recipes using stevia because I have never liked it. All of the grocery store varieties and even the flavored liquid drops have a bitter aftertaste to me. In the past when I stopped using sugar on the South Beach Diet I used artificial sweeteners to replace it. Over the years I’ve read more about the negative effects of artificial sweeteners and I knew I needed to give stevia another try.
I heard that the Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet natural sweetener, which is a blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia, was a game changer so I thought I would give it a try. It really changed my perception of stevia. It had no aftertaste or bitterness.
Because we have a strict food budget I became determined to come up with my own blend of erythritol, xylitol, and stevia. I try to save as many pennies as I can when I shop. Making my own sweeteners, baking mixes, seasonings, and cooking from scratch saves the most.
These Tagalong Cupcakes are one use for my sweetener. Don’t they look yummy? They are sugar-free! But you would never know. Even my husband who isn’t a dessert guy loved them.
You can now mix up your own sweetener that measures just like Gentle Sweet. If you are on a tight budget this helps with this way of eating immensely. I use this sweetener in all my dessert recipes and I’ve subbed in it recipes from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook like the Trimtastic Cake.
You can make everything from Sweetened Condensed Milk to Caramel with this recipe and more.
If you grind this in a food processor it works great as a low carb powdered sugar. It is the best out of the low carb and keto sweeteners!
Ingredients in Joy Filled Eats Sweetener
Xylitol is a natural sweetener. It is a sugar alcohol made from birch trees or corncobs. It has 40% fewer calories than sugar and is a 7 on the glycemic index (white sugar is a 64). Please note that xylitol can be fatal to dogs so don’t share treats containing xylitol with your furry friends.
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol like xylitol. It occurs naturally in some fruits and vegetables It has zero calories and no impact on blood sugar. It is produced from glucose by fermentation with yeast.
Stevia is a plant discovered in South America. To make stevia powder a water extraction method is typically used. Stevia is 100 to 200 times sweeter than sugar so a little goes a long way.
Where Do I Buy Sweetener Ingredients?
My natural sweetener recipe is easy and economical. There are many choices on where to order the ingredients from. And I’ve used several brands of these products successfully.
I personally order the ingredients for this natural sweetener from amazon, walmart, thrive market, and iherb.
Thrive Market: My Thrive Market Coupon works on everything from sweeteners and baking supplies to vitamins and beauty products! Thrive has great prices on coconut products, spices, organic health items, baby food, and more especially since they often will email codes for an additional 25-30% off your entire order. Head over to this post to see more of the latest deals at Thrive. My favorite deal is always getting Lily’s Chocolate Chips for $4 a bag!
iherb:
If you are ordering from iherb you save $5 with my link. Generally, you can get the ingredients to make for under $8 a pound. Free shipping is on orders over $20.
I ordered the ingredients from iherb with free shipping. They have a lot of products that work for Keto, Low Carb, and Trim Healthy Mama eating plans. Other products they have that are compatible with THM are oat fiber, psyllium husks, whey protein powder, coconut flour, almond flour, etc. etc. This link takes you right to iherb so you can start making your own sugar free sweetener! Just put each ingredient into the search bar and add to your cart. It’s cheaper to buy the 2.5 pounds but they also have 1 pound bags if you’d like to go small before you commit to a huge bag. It is very very easy.
Amazon:
With free one day and two-day Prime shipping, Amazon is where I order from most often. I can consistently get xylitol and erythritol inexpensively. I buy the largest size stevia and it lasts me about 2 years. And I bake A LOT.
I have tried all of these brands and just buy whichever is the cheapest on the day I order! No big deal.
Walmart:
Over the last year or so I’ve been buying more and more groceries from Walmart. They offer free shipping over $35 and have many low carb products in addition to having more choices in the store.
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Joy Filled Eats Natural Sweetener - Low Carb, THM, Sugar Free
Ingredients
Weight measurements:
- 16 oz xylitol *** (or allulose)
- 12 oz erythritol (or allulose)
- 2 tsp Better Stevia or any pure stevia extract
Cup measurements:
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons xylitol (or allulose)
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons erythritol (or allulose)
- 2 tsp Better Stevia or any pure stevia extract
Instructions
Powdered Sweetener
- Process the ingredients in the food processor for a few minutes if you are planning on using it in chocolate, beverages, or icing.
Granular Sweetener
- For baking and candy making, you can just mix the ingredients together by hand.
Notes
Nutrition
Please note that xylitol is fatal to dogs so don’t share treats containing xylitol with your furry friends. You may prefer to not have it in your pet-friendly house at all.
Even though this sweetener has zero net carbs, my calculation comes up with 30 calories per tablespoon because of the xylitol. Am I correct? Just something to keep in mind if you’re also counting calories on Keto.
Would I be able to use liquid stevia drops?
Possibly, but I have no idea how many drops. You would have to figure out the conversion and then mix it into the other sweeteners and let it dry.
Greetings! Are you sensitive to the cooling effect of Erythritol? If so, do you find that your recipe diminishes the effect? Thanks!
Yes and yes. I do not enjoy anything with straight erythritol. This combo helps minimize the cooling effect.
Your ingredients say:
Weight measurements:
▢12 oz erythritol
▢16 oz xylitol
▢2 tsp Better Stevia or any pure stevia extract.
Then you explain that Xylitol can be made using just erythritol and stevia if you do not want to use xylitol because of a pet in the house. How much Stevia and erythritol do you recommend to use in replacement of the 16 oz of xylitol?
You would use 28 oz erythritol and still use 2 tsp of stevia. Or for half a batch you can use 14 oz erythritol to 1 tsp of stevia.
Can I use powdered Stevia?
Is stevia the only ingredient? You want a pure stevia extract. It is a powder.
I am not getting the same carb count per serving that you list for the recipe. Just the erythritol alone is 4.5 carbs per serving. And I haven’t counted the Xylitol or Stevia yet.
1 serving of erythritol linked in the recipe is 8g of carbs per 2 tsp.
If I do the math correct, there are 72 tsp in 12oz.
1 tsp contains 4 carbs = 72 * 4 = 288 carbs for 12oz.
288 carbs divided by the 64 servings for the recipe gives 4.5 carbs per serving.
Are there lower carb products that I should be using?
You need to subtract the sugar alcohols.
Hi,
Would you please let me know the sugar to sweetener ratio. I am looking forward to using this mixture, but need to know how to adjust for my favorite recipes.
Thanks!
My sweetener is twice as sweet as sugar. So, instead of 1 cup of sugar, you need 1/2 cup of sweetener.
Would it be alright to get rid of the Stevia and only use Xylitol and erythritol? I really want in 1:1 ratio to replace sugar, as where I live in europe people eat pancakes and crepes with powder sugar on top and I think stevia would make it a bit too strong to just dump on haha! would that be alright? thank you! also love the idea of mixing them together, I’ve been looking for a good substitute and saw a few sugar replacements that were mixed, but was unsure if it would work, seeing these reviews it does seem like a good option!
Yes, that is fine. If you make any of my recipes you will just need more than the amounts listed.
Thank you for the fast reply! and thanks for letting me know! I’ll definitely check out your recipes and make sure to add some more 😀
Taryn, I am in love with your sweetener!
Thank you for all you do for all of us.
Stay safe and healthy.
Barb West
I love this sweetner mix this is my 2nd batch thank you so much
Can I leave out the stevia?
You can but then it will be 1:1 for sugar. You will need to use more in my recipes.
By “huge mason jar”, do you mean like a sun tea jar?
So, if I understand correctly from a previous comment, if a recipe calls for 1 cup of regular sugar, you would use only a half cup of this? Thank you.
Yes, that is correct.
Taryn, your comments on when to (and not to) use Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
Hi Bill, Lakanto Monkfruit should work in any dessert recipe EXCEPT caramel, and candies. Those are very difficult to sub in other sweeteners. If you want to try it in those go ahead as long as you are ok with it not working. The sweetener blend I use is 2:1 for sugar and Lakanto is 1:1 so you may want to add more. Most of my readers have found that using 1.5 times the amount of my sweetener is a good amount.
Best option for those of us with furbabies ? Ty!!
You can make this with just erythritol and stevia. Or a combination of erythritol, allulose, and stevia.
What would the measurements be for just erythritol & Stevia. I would be too nervous to use the one that can kill my fur babies.
Just replace the xylitol with more erythritol. 28 oz total for 2 tsp stevia. Or half that for a smaller amount.
If I am using this in place of sugar in regular recipes, what is the conversion rate?
You need half the amount.
I have the THM Gentle Sweet. I’m curious why you make your own. How is it different from THM? Taste wise? Use wise? I’m not criticizing, please know, just curious! Also very thankful for what you’re doing! Marian
It’s cheaper and easier to get the ingredients. I can make it for $5-6 a pound with free shipping when I buy the large bags of xylitol and erythritol. I use a lot of it and theirs goes out of stock, shipping is pretty high, etc.